Effects of Enteral Feeding with Standard Polymeric Products and Products with High Lipid Content on Leptin, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 Levels in Patients with Metabolic Stress
Objectives: Protein energy malnutrition and inflammation are among the causes of morbidity in patients with metabolic stress. Because of the adipogenic and somatotrophic effects of insulin, insulin like growth factor-1(IGF-1) and insulin like growth factor binding protein-3...